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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [69r] (144/396)
The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 1916-1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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FOR THE YEAR 1916.
59
Owing to the suspension of the parcel post to Persia through Eussia, an
attempt was made to organise a service from the south. Pour caravans were
thus despatched, but as two of them were robbed the project was abandoned.
The new KT pipe-line was completed to Wais in August 1916 This enabled
, „ . . the throusrhput to be put up from S to 12
Anglo-Persian Oil Company. 0 Ti -o Ii i £
M. G. monthly. By the end 01 the year
the line was practically complete and testing had commenced.
On Maidan-i-Naphtun, at the close of 1916, five wells were allowed to
flow and 30 are capped and with little further work can be produced as
required.
At the White Oil Springs the first test well was carried to 2,095' deep. In
the spring of 1916 a second test well was started and by the end of the
year had reached a depth of 1,508 feet. A slight show of "White Oil was struck
at 1,060 feet.
Geological surveys were carried out in 1916 on the following areas :—
(«) Neighbourhood of Maidan-i-ISaphtun, extending from the Gulistan
Hiver on the north-west to Gach Chusar on tiie south-east
and from Daragendi Gorge on the north-east to the Labar
Plain on the south-west, area examined 150—200 square
miles.
(6) The Derra Qil area and its neighbourhood and the north-western
part of the Asmari Hill and along the Tembi River for six to
ei2rht miles eastwards of the Asmari Hill.
O
(c) The Manyur-Misdakh Range for a distance of CO miles from the
Karkeh River to the Do wain j.
(d) Qilab oil shows.
The question of a fresh water-supply for the fields is still under discus
sion, but opinion is now in favour of the Karun being utilized from the north
of the fields. There is little doubt that this scheme will be put through at an
early date as the problem of a fresh water-supply for the fields is becoming
acute. The alternative scheme was to tap the Gargar river at Darreh-Khazineh
and carry the water pipe line up to the fields along the Company's Cart Road.
An analysis of the water from this source gave satisfactory results.
The Company have determined to use electric power for drilling and other
work on the fields and for this purpose will lay down a Central power station
at Tembeh.
Dispensary. The attendance numbers were . . 5,627
Minor operations performed • . . . . • .171
Major ditto ....... 1
British Post Office, Total number of letters dealt with . 1,25,826
Ditto parcels „ . . 6,469
Ditto V. P. Parcels dealt with . 2,212
Ditto Money Orders „ . 5,228
Total value of the Money Orders dealt with . . . R2,09,670
The Russian Consular authorities at Ispahan have shown considerable in
clination to create a Russian interest in
oreign interests. Bakhtiari. Saifullah Khan at Dizak acts
as their newswriter. They have made several attempts to enter into communi
cation with the Khans. In the autumn they confiscated the village of C hamkaka
belonging to Agha Nourullah and situated in Chahar Mahal, without inform
ing us. A few days later the village was confiscated by His Britannic Majesty's!
Vice-Consul. The Russian Consul could not give effect to his action and the
village is therefore in our possession.
E. NOEL, Captain, I. A.,
Sis Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consult
Ahicaz.
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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for the Year 1915 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1916); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for the Year 1916 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1917); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for the Year 1917 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1919); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for the Year 1918 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for the Year 1919 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920). The 1915 and 1919 Reports bear manuscript corrections written in pencil.
The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , and provide a wide variety of information, including details of senior British administrative personnel and local officials; descriptions of the various areas and their inhabitants; political, judicial and economic matters; notable events; medical reports; details of climate; communications; the movements of Royal Navy ships; military matters; the slave trade; and arms traffic.
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- 1 volume (194 folios)
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The reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the first folio after the front cover, and continues through to 194 on the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: f. 36.
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